sobrinho

Meaning

nephew

Hyphenated as

so‧bri‧nho

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈbɾĩ.ɲu/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”).
Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.